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by xiaoma 11y ago
That's not true at all. Most consumers in Taiwan, myself included when I lived there, prefer to negotiate a set price for a longer distance trip. Uber was an enormous improvement in SF and in Beijing (where there just aren't eno
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by xiaoma 11y ago
I agree. I lived in Taiwan for years and took thousands of cabs there. The existing service beats anything I've experienced from Uber in any country by a wide margin.
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by xiaoma 11y ago
I'll set your less civil commentary to one side and simply ask this: In what programming language could Emacs possibly not be feasible option for a seasoned Emacs user?
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by xiaoma 11y ago
emacs is an IDE wrapped inside half an OS
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by xiaoma 11y ago
Starbucks wins on caffeine by a huge margin, too.
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by xiaoma 11y ago
If the US and NATO in general let Taiwan fall, it would pretty much guarantee Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Thailand to start nuclear programs.
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by xiaoma 11y ago
Web faction is great. I hosted multiple Wordpress blogs, node apps and whatever toy I was building on for years for under $10.
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by xiaoma 11y ago
In the first paragraph, this post looked like it was going to go down the path of discussing local optima—once you're skilled with PHP and its toolchain, you have a strong incentive to keep using it. In the past certain events such as
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by xiaoma 11y ago
Polls on that very topic are a regular part of election cycles in Taiwan. Back in the late 80s there was a sizable minority of Taiwanese people identified themselves as Chinese and many others identified as Chinese and Taiwanese. Now about
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by xiaoma 11y ago
It certainly doesn't help that Europe, particularly France, has spent the past two decades selling China the weapons and tech to do the invasion. That said, Taiwan is a country of roughly similar population and economic clout as Austra
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by xiaoma 11y ago
This fits very well with my anecdotal observations throughout my own live in years where I've done more or less exercise of different types.
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by xiaoma 11y ago
There are several other border disputes, especially between China and India: https://www.facebook.com/notes/tarek-fatah/chinas-border-dis...
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by xiaoma 11y ago
This is one of the least informed posts I've ever seen on HN about cross strait issues. Unlike HK or Macau, Taiwan is a fully democratic state and has been for decades. Also unlike people in HK or Macau, Taiwanese don't consider t
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by xiaoma 11y ago
It's more likely that China will end up starting WWIII. They are claiming not only international space but also that of their neighbors.
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by xiaoma 11y ago
Similar shit, different bull. Both examples fall under the same umbrella of IP laws run amok and impoverishing society rather than bringing more creation to the public domain.
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by xiaoma 11y ago
The thing is, it wasn't their business to care. They had no part in it or knowledge of the people involved but they leapt into avenger mode anyway. And a lot of their responses were way outside of civil interactions. This is one of the
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by xiaoma 11y ago
懐かしい is another that comes to mind. It's like nostalgia but it's way more positive and can be used as an interjection. Or 我慢する. In fact, I'd say there's a huge array of words that really just don't translate well on
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by xiaoma 11y ago
Not really. My Japanese roommate would say いただきます when by himself at his desk before eating a candy bar. It would be surprising if even one English speaker in the world regularly says "Bon appétit" in that situation. The questio
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by xiaoma 11y ago
> You could host a dinner party with eight people at the table speaking eight different languages, and the voice in your ear will always be whispering the one language you want to hear. And at this hypothetical dinner party, what would
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by xiaoma 11y ago
Thanks, fish. This is amazing. - Whiteboard Friday watcher forever
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by xiaoma 11y ago
Sure. No problem. The vast majority of people in China can't come to the US no matter how good of programmers they might be due to immigration reasons. Even if that weren't a barrier, the vast majority of Chinese people don't
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by xiaoma 11y ago
What ratio of the most talented developers in the US (and similar markets) do you think want to work for Amazon? Alibaba is a dream job for the best of the best in China, and to be honest, the developer market in China is a lot bigger tha
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by xiaoma 11y ago
I think Amazon will have a hard time of it. Alibaba has a considerable lead, superior processes, lower costs and more access to top talent.
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by xiaoma 11y ago
Thanks for sharing that.
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by xiaoma 11y ago
Paypal's cofounder made the argument for homogeneity in the book Zero to One . Not only were the founders of the typical demographic mix but they were also ideologically similar. They were all libertarian and all believed a digital cu
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by xiaoma 11y ago
Click on "web" below the title of this post and it will get you a link via google that will bypass it.
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by xiaoma 11y ago
You didn't answer my question, but instead asked me several. I do not appreciate your insinuation about my own opinions. It's way off base and uncalled for. Referring to pg by the title used for N. Korea's dictator is also ob
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by xiaoma 11y ago
I read your comment in its entirety and didn't see any defense of the How to Disagree essay. The only mention I saw you make of it was the first paragraph with the ad hominem attack. To answer your question, no I don't think your
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by xiaoma 11y ago
Is there anything in the actual essay you disagreed with? To answer your question, first of all name calling and attacking the people instead of the ideas makes for a nasty and unproductive conversation—basically like youtube comment discus
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by xiaoma 11y ago
No. If for example you wanted to discuss The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins, the first step would not be to "not use the ideas described within (e.g. genetics and biology research)". Ignoring the topics within and attacking t

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